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“Of course, fantasy and reality are equally personal, and equally felt, so their confusion is a matter of only relative importance.”
― Luis Buñuel, My Last Sigh

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“Fericiți oamenii cu idee fixă! Ei, cel puțin, își mai pot păstra calmul și mai pot crede că înțeleg.”
― Mihail Sebastian, Journal 1935-1944

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“The terrible fatalism which had overcome me of late had taken on an even more terrible form; drowning in the disintegration of family, of both countries to which I had belonged, of everything which can sanely be called real, lost in the sorrow of my filthy unrequited love, I sought out the oblivion of - I'm making it sound too noble; no otorund phrases must be used. Baldly, then: I rode the night-streets of the city, looking for death.”
― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

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“The air was heavy with the musty smell of humanity. But they danced furiously as though impelled by some strange power within them, and it seemed to Philip that they were driven forward by a rage for enjoyment. They were seeking desperately to escape from a world of horror. The desire for pleasure which Cronshaw said was the only motive of human action urged them blindly on, and the very vehemence of the desire seemed to rob it of all pleasure. The were hurried on by a great wind, helplessly, they knew not why and they knew not whither.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

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“My eyes opened and took all this in. And for the first time in my life I realized that I no longer cared whether I preserved my place in all this or lost it: whether I stayed here or went to the army. All that no longer mattered. It was in the hands of One Who loved me far better than I could ever love myself: and my heart was filled with peace.
It was a peace that did not depend on houses, or jobs, or places, or times, or external conditions. It was a peace that time and material-created situations could never give. It was peace that the world could not give.”
― Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain

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